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Let's look at the expressions once more. |
Listen and repeat, or speak along with me. |
请等一下。(Qǐng děng yíxià.) |
请等一下。(Qǐng děng yíxià.) |
怎么了? (Zěnme le?) |
怎么了? (Zěnme le?) |
谢谢你。(Xièxie nǐ.) |
谢谢你。(Xièxie nǐ.) |
不客气。 (Bú kèqi.) |
不客气。 (Bú kèqi.) |
不好意思。(Bùhǎoyìsi.) |
不好意思。(Bùhǎoyìsi.) |
没事儿。 (Méi shì'r.) |
没事儿。 (Méi shì'r.) |
对不起。(Duìbuqǐ.) |
对不起。(Duìbuqǐ.) |
Did you notice the last expression I used? |
对不起。(Duìbuqǐ.) |
对不起。(Duìbuqǐ.) |
"Sorry." |
You learned about this expression in the cultural insight section. |
A common response to this expression is |
没关系。(Méiguānxi.) "Don't worry about it." |
没关系。(Méiguānxi.) |
First is 没(Méi) "to not" or "to not have." 没。 没。 |
Next is 关系。(guānxi.) "relationship."关系。(guānxi.) |
Together, 没关系。 literally means, "to not have a relationship," but it translates as, "Don't worry about it," in this context. 没关系。 |
Note, you can also use 没关系。to respond to someone's apology. |
You should be aware of this commonly used phrase, but you won't need it for this lesson. |
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